McHardy v. Knight.

Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1904, Page 2

McHardy v. Knight.

A FRIENDLY SETTLEMENT. Very general pleasure will be felt amongst settlers at the announce* ment which we are able to make, viz., that a settlement has been arrived at in the case of McHardy v, Knight and vice versa. It will be remembered that soma weeks ago Mr Knight, a settler in the Newberry district, was discovered in the act of cutting a Wira fence bounding the property of Messrs McHardy Bros. He was arrested and brought into Palmerston on a charge of wilfully damaging property. When the case came on for hearing, eventually, Mr P. A. Baldwin, who appeared for defendant, pleaded that the latter waa acting under a bona fide belief that? he was within his rights, and the case was dismissed, the understanding being that a Supreme Court action would be brought to test the merits of the case. In the meantime counter proceedings for damages were being taken by Knight for wrongful arrest. An agreement has now been arrived at by which Messrs McHardy Bros, publish regret at the arrest of Mr Knight, pay him £350 by way of solatium, and the costa of tbo various proceedings, and also agree that the fences in dispute shall be set back to the old boundary observed before the former took over the property, and that Boyes’ road be increased to a width of one chain. —M. Times.

Messrs Leary and Dixon, the Square, Palmerston North, desire to thank the residents o! Foxton and surrounding district lor their liberal patronage in the past, and to inform them that their warehouse holds a magnificent stock of pianos, organs, and musical instruments of every description, also Wertheim and Wheeler and Wilson's sewing machines, and Sellar's celebrated washing machines, etc. Most of the piano are of English manufacture, whilst the Esipy make of organ is well-known throughout the world tor its excellence of tone and durability. The wonderful Wertheim sewing machines continu" to grow in favor, whilst Sellar's saleorated washing machines give every satisfaction, and make the dreaded washing day a thing of the past. A cordial invitation is extended to ah residents when paying a visit to Palmerston North to call at Messrs Least A Dixon’s, The House of Music, The Square.— Advt.